Testimony of Healing February 25, 2013 Issue

I could hear Christ's message

Carole Bell

About a year ago, I noticed that a tree in my yard had limbs that were growing too close to the power lines. I had a plan to cut the tree limbs safely, but after I cut one of them off with my chain saw, the limb fell on my head. Since it was just a small limb and my head did not hurt, I continued with the project, paying closer attention to what I was doing. 

Later, as I was washing my hair, I noticed that my head was sore. I started saying “the scientific statement of being,” which is found on page 468 of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy. It starts off with: “There is no life, truth, intelligence, nor substance in matter. All is infinite Mind and its infinite manifestation, for God is All-in-all.” This statement concludes by saying, “… man is not material; he is spiritual.” This helped me realize that since I am not made up of matter, I could not really be hurt. My head seemed fine after that, so I stopped thinking about it.

Several days later, though, the left side of my head became swollen and I lost all hearing in my left ear. All I wanted to do was sleep, but I knew that I first needed to prayerfully handle the situation, so I contacted a Christian Science practitioner for help. Immediately, the practitioner started praying for me and assured me that we would stand up to this error of believing I could be injured by any accident. Accidents can’t have any power over me since the only real power is God, who only gives us good. 

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